Destin, Florida- The Oasis of Destin has sued the city claiming that adult entertainment ordinances violate the bar’s First Amendment rights.

The action was filed by the bar located on Mountain Drive and Trident-Operations LLC, a company that the Oasis has entered into a management agreement with to run the bar.

“The plaintiffs wish to engage in activities protected under the First Amendment, i.e., offering nude dance entertainment,” the lawsuit says.

The city’s rules governing such establishments “has deprived the plaintiffs of the right to offer nude-dance entertainment,” the lawsuit further states. “For these reasons the plaintiffs are entitled to declaratory and permanent injunctive relief barring the City from enforcing these ordinances …”

“We approached (the city), made a case for why the ordinances are not valid and then applied for a business license and were then promptly turned down,” said Cary Wiggins, a former Niceville resident now practicing law at the Atlanta-based law firm of Cook, Youngelson & Wiggins. “There’s really nothing left to do. If the ordinances aren’t valid, there’s really no sense in working with them.”